xxi, 392 pages : 25 cm

"Avi Shlaim, one of the world's foremost experts on the Israel-Palestine conflict, reflects with characteristic rigour and readability on a range of key issues and personalities. From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the failure of the Oslo peace process, from the 1948 War to the 2008 invasion of Gaza, Israel and Palestine places current events in their proper historical perspective. It assesses the impact of key political and intellectual figures, including Yasir Arafat and Ariel Sharon, Edward Said and Benny Morris. It also re-examines the United States' influential role in the conflict, and explores the many missed opportunities for peace and progress in the region. Clear-eyed and meticulous, Israel and Palestine is an essential tool for understanding the fractured history and future prospects of Israel-Palestine."--Publisher's description

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-380) and index

1948 and after -- The Balfour Declaration and its consequences -- The civil war in Palestine -- The rise and fall of the all-Palestine government in Gaza -- Did they leave or were they pushed? -- Husni Zaim and the plan to resettle Palestinian refugees in Syria -- All the difference -- Israel's dirty war -- The struggle for Jordan -- Abu Nidal, Abu Shmidal -- Sleepless afternoons -- To Oslo and beyond -- The face that launched a thousand MiGs -- Arab nationalism and its discontents -- Israel and the Gulf -- Changing the places : the Madrid Peace Conference -- Prelude to the Oslo Accord : Likud, Labour, and the Palestinians -- The rise and fall of the Oslo peace process -- Woman of the year -- Overtaken by events -- The Likud in power : the historiography of revisionist Zionism -- Capital folly -- The breakdown of the peace process -- The lost steps -- George W. Bush and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Ariel Sharon's war against the Palestinians -- Palestine and Iraq -- Israel's war against Hamas : rhetoric and reality -- Perspectives -- His royal shyness : King Hussein and Israel -- Edward Said and the Palestine question -- Four days in Seville -- Benny Morris and the betrayal of history -- Free speech? Not for critics of Israel

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